Great Mother

The Great Mother refers to the concept of the mother goddess, including:

  • Great Mother, in the Mahayana and Vajrayana refers to Prajnaparamita, and the wisdom of the Madhyamaka
  • Great Mother, translation of Latin Magna Mater, Roman title of the goddess Cybele
  • Great Mother, a title of the Roman goddess Maia
  • Great Mother of Wisdom, Yum Chenmo, a Tibetan deity of whom Machig Labdrön is considered an emanation
  • The Great Mother, epithet of Babalon, a goddess in Aleister Crowley's mystical system of Thelema
  • Great Mother, archetypal image in Jungian psychology

It may also refer to:

  • The Great Mother, a book by Erich Neumann
  • Great Mother (Dungeons & Dragons), a deity character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game

Famous quotes containing the word mother:

    [My mother told me:] “You must decide whether you want to get married someday, or have a career.”... I set my sights on the career. I thought, what does any man really have to offer me?
    Annie Elizabeth Delany (b. 1891)